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GAR END Filed Jan. e.' 1924 2 sheets-sheet 2 Qumran stares l formandmanner in which Ythe invention; may" be embodied Aand practiced, butwithr out'ulimiting"theclaimed invention specili- Patented vAng. 2,1927.`

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LIjIOll/IAS NATHAN RUSSELL, CHICAGO, ILLINOIS, ASSIGNOR, BY MESNEASSIGN- MENTS, 'IO CHICAGO-CLEVELAND CAE ROOFING COMPANY, OF CHICAGO,ILLINOIS,

A CORPORATION OF DELAWARE.

CAR END.

Application led January 9, 1924. Serial No. 685,259.

the contents'of the car upon stopping and startingof the train;i theprovision vof an end vwall which-.consistsfof relatively few parts andis'capableof simple manufacture, construction and assembly and which can-be manufactured and assembled at a reasonable cost, and such otherobjects and advantages of the invention as maybe found to obtain inthestructure hereinafter set forth and claimed.` 1 Y 1 In theaccompanying drawings, forming a part of-thisspecilication, and showing,for purposes, fof-' exemplication, a preferredy y `cally to suchillustrative instance or in-V Figurel is an end elevational viewof an A`end wall. of a railway car .embodyingthe in- `V:zu 1

Fig. 4 is aV vertical Ysectionalview taken substantially `on the line ofFig 1,' taken in the directionfof the arrows.I j -i On the drawing thereyare shown sidev plates 10, side sills 1l andridge pole 12 that` form`a' part of "the longitudinal frame f membersof the car. '13 indicatesthe end sill, 14a `metal plate secured by rivets 15 to the'top Vliange16;of the end sill. This plate 14 may bey considered as a part ofthefloor.

. 17 'is the end plate-having a top .flange 18 and bottom flange 19 bothdirected inwardly,

and aflange 20 depends from theliange 19,

as shown. The end plate, end sill and plate 14 extend clearacrossthe carfrom side to n side,'as well as their anges. 2l indicates an end fasciato which a depending flange 22 of reef sheet 23 is secured.; j

Ypartiels provides a. very eectiv's In accordance with the inventionmetallic girder panels 24 are secured in vertical position to the upperand lower members of the car, as shown. They are secured at their lowerends to the metallic plate 14 and at their top edges to the metallic endplate 17. rIhese girder panels are open at each end and are ,formedsubstantially in the shape illustrated on the drawings, having aLvertically eX- tending flat web 25 and angularly disposed sides26'terminating in oppositely extending flanges-27 extending transverselyto the sides 26. YThese flanges 27 are of a width equal to at least onehalf thewidth of the web 25 and the flange of each panel at each side ofthe car is also of a width equal to one'half Y the width of its web 25,and these flanges are iianged at 28 to fit at the corner of the carVwhere they are rigidly secured as by bolts 29. The flanges of adjacentpanels are lapped as at 31 and these lapped edges are rigidly securedtogether by a vertical row of rivets 32. It will be noted that the webs25 `and thelapped flanges of adjacent panels v are of substantiallythesame width and are also substantially flat, as are the webs 25 thatare connected to such lianges by their substantially iiat sides 26.

In the present illustrative embodiment of Y the invention the end wallof the car is composed of three of such metallic girder panels 25 andthe upper edges of kthese panels are secured to the upper members of thecar, as shown, to the end platefso that the outer surface ofthe webs 25is substantially flush with the outer surface of the end plate, and

Vthe upper vedges of the flanges 27 are riveted to the depending flange2OV of said end plate and said webs-2l5 are `securedtosaid end plateorupper members by angle pieces 34 riveted at 35 to the inside surface ofthe web 25 and to the lower surface of the flange 19.. At-.their loweredges these girder panels are rigidly secured to the lower member of thecar asfshown by angle pieces 36 lriveted at 37ste the outer surfaces ofsaid fianges 27 and'fto 'said metallic plate 14 by rivets 38. The.websf25 ofsaid panelsare secured in inuchthe same manner by anglepieces 39 riveted at 41 to the inner surface of said vweb 25 and rivetedto said plate 14 by rivets 42. Such manner of secu'ri said brac ingconstruction for the end of the car and also effectively preventsentrance of water and dirt and cinders.

oodenj nailing or securing sti'ips 43 are secured by bolts 471i in thespace provided by the webs and sides 26 of each panel, and the insidesheathing 45, consisting of matched boards extending from side to sideof the car, is nailed 'to said strips 43, and the strips 43 are ofsufficient thickness to bring the surfaces of said boards flush with theinside surface of said flanges 27.

The invention as herein above set forth is embodied in a particularfoi-n1 of' construction but may bc variously embodied within the scopeof the claims hereinafter made.

I claim:

1. In combination with the end plate'and the floor of the car of apluralityof metal end panels extending from the floor to the end plate,said panels having a web portion and transversely extending sideportions, said side portions terminating in laterally extending flanges,tlie extremities ofl the flanges of adjacent panels bing lapped andrigidly secured together; the fianges of the panels at each side of thecar being flanged vand secured at the corners of the car; angle piecesrigidly securing the upper and lower edges of'said panels Vto the endplate and l floor respectively;

2. An end wall for railway cars comprising, in combination with upperand lower members thereof, vertically extending metal girder panels,said panels having each a longitudinally extending web and sidesextending transversely thereto, said sides be ing flanged and adjacentflanges rigidly secured together; angle pieces rigidly securing' saidgirder panels to the upper and lower members ofthe car; and av securingstrip secured to said panels so that inside sheathing secured to saidsecuring strip lies flush Vwith the flanges of the adjacent panels.

3. An end wall for railway cars compris- Y ing, in combination: an end'plate; an endf sill; a plate secured to said end sill; metal girderyplates forming the outside end wall of the car; each of Vsaid girderplates coinpr'ising a web, the upper portion of which is flush with theoutside of the end plate,

vsaid web having side portions extending inwardly from the outside ofsaid end plate,

said portions having laterally extending fianges, the lianges ofadjacent girder plates being riveted together by aV vertical row ofrivets, the flanges ofthe girder plates at each side of the car beingsecured to theiry respective corners of the ear, the lower edges of saidgiider flanges being rigidly secured' to the plate that is secured tothe end sill, by angle pieces riveted on the outside of said flanges,the webs of the girders being rigidly secured to the same plate by anglepieces riveted to the inside of said webs, the upper edges of saidgirder plates being rigidly secured to said end plate by angle piecesriveted to said giidei'plates. j

Lil. An end wall for railway cars comprising in combination with upperand lower members of the car, vertically disposedopen ended metal girderend plates rigidly secured to said upper and lower members, each of saidplates involving a web having transversely extending sides, said sideshaving 'lateral flanges spaced from the web inwardly of the car andlying in a plane parallel to the plane of the web, the lateral flangesof adjacent sheets being rigidly secured t0- gether ata point spacedfrom'adja'cent side flanges of contiguous sheets and forming a flatportion of substantially the same width as thc webs of each plate.

5. 'An end wall for railway cars compris' ing, inl combination with theupper and lower members of the car,a pluralityvertically disposed girderplates, angle pieces rigidly securing them to said members, said girdershaving a web andV oppositely disposed side'flanges spaced from said Web,the adjacent side flanges of the girder plates being rigidly securedtogether, the distance between the webs of adjacent girdervplates beingsubstantially the saine as the width -of each` web, the angle pieces forsecuring the girder plates to the lower member being sse-- cured to theoutside of the side flanges of contiguous plates Vand to the inside ofthey web of each plate.

.6. An end wall for railway cars comprising, the combination with theupper and lower members of the car, of a plurality of vertical girderendy panels, said girder panels having a weband sides, saidgsides being.flanged, the side flanges of adjacent girder panels being Irigidlysecu-red together, *the* distance betweenwthe; webs Ofadjacent panelsbeing substantially the saine as the width of said webs andthe extremeopposite ends 'of each girder panel being open, said opposite ends beingrigidly securedto the upper. and lower members of ythe car in"weather-tight joints.

In testimony whereof have hereunto setV my` hand. i I v THoMxs inirnaiikRUSSELL.

